Jerry Jones didn’t get what he bargained for when he linked Deion Sanders to the Dallas Cowboys head coaching job, Jones ended up going with an in-house promotion of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.

Cowboys writers don’t view it as a success. Blogging the Boys’ Matthew Lenix sees Dallas as a substandard option for Coach Prime since the Cowboys don’t win enough to match the “Prime Time” standard.

“For all the glitz and glamor that comes with Sanders, which fits right in with the Cowboys and their exposure, he’s a football guy first. Sanders wants to win, and the Cowboys way of roster-building might not be to his liking. Plus, Jerry and Stephen would have to concede some power and let Sanders run the show like he does in Colorado. In Dallas, that’s simply not happening. The front office in Dallas is stuck in their own ways with no signs of changing,” Lenix wrote.

Jones shared a frustrating admission Monday that Sanders was never a true candidate for the Cowboys job.

“I’ve said I’ve talked to a lot of coaches, and Deion has a job,” Jones said.

We all had to endure endless speculation about Coach Prime’s future before Jones and Co. chose an internal promotion after firing Mike McCarthy.

It was an unsatisfying ending to a rumor that sprouted from Jones’ ego and Jones and Sanders’ agents collaborating on a way to pop the NFL postseason news cycle.

It was equally unsatisfying in Boulder. Sure, having Sanders back is a relief, since there’s no immediate succession plan at CU.

But there hasn’t been a contract extension announced. Nor has there been any commitment to support Coach Prime’s Buffs coaching staff.